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Empire's children : race, filiation, and citizenship in the French colonies
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Empire's children : race, filiation, and citizenship in the French colonies

Emmanuelle Saada

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"Originally published in French as Les enfants de la colonie: Les métis de l'Empire français entre sujétion et citoyenneté"--T.p. verso.

Contents

Foreword / by Frederick Cooper
Introduction
Le métissage: a colonial social problem
An imperial question
A threat to the colonial order
"Reclassifying" the Métis
The law takes up the "Métis question"
Nationality and citizenship in the colonial situation
The controversy over "fraudulent recognitions"
Investigating paternity in the colonies
Citizens by virtue of race
The force of law
The effects of citizenship
Identities under the law
French nationality and citizenship reconsidered
Conclusion.

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Empire's children : race, filiation, and citizenship in the French colonies by Emmanuelle Saada. ISBN 9780226733081. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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